Broadcasting & Cable News

HGTV's 'Mountain Mamas' to Debut Aug. 10

July 07, 2019

HGTV's newest home-buying series is set in Big Sky country. Mountain Mamas, premiering Saturday, Aug. 10, with back-to-back episodes at 11 and 11:30 PM ET/PT, aims at helping families find "reasonably priced properties in need of a little help," the Discovery-owned channel said in a release. ...

Olympusat Restored Classic Screened at Salon Mexico: The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema

July 07, 2019

West Palm Beach, FL – July 02, 2019 –Víctimas del pecado (Victims of Sin), will be screened on Tuesday July 02 as part of program presented by the British Film Institute. Masterfully directed by Emilio Fernández, who won the 1946 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix award for Maria Candelaria, and ...

Dplay enjoys OTT success, expands Appear solution with dynamic ads

July 07, 2019

Oslo, Norway – Appear TV, a leading provider of next-generation video delivery platforms for broadcast and streaming high-quality video, announce that Dplay is expanding their OTT solution from Appear and NEP Norway with dynamic ad insertion to further improve their offering. “Dplay has been a ...

Apex Broadcast Relies on ATEM Constellation 8K for 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge America

July 07, 2019

Fremont, CA - July 2, 2019 - Blackmagic Design today announced that Apex Broadcast has built a custom OB truck packed with the ATEM Constellation 8K switcher, ATEM 2 M/E Broadcast Panel, three ATEM Camera Control Panels, 13 URSA Broadcast cameras, Broadcast Videohub router, four HyperDeck Studio ...

Advertisers: FTC Must Cast Critical Eye on GDPR, California Law

July 07, 2019

Advertisers said they want the Federal Trade Commission to back federal privacy legislation that mirrors the proposals of the Privacy for America coalition, which include creating a new Data Protection Bureau within the agency, ensuring responsible advertising practices, requiring strong data ...

beIN Sports Renews TV Ratings Deal With Nielsen

July 07, 2019

beIN Sports said it signed a new long-term national TV measurement agreement with Nielsen. beIN Sports and beIN Sports en Espanol will continue to get market intelligence and persons-level viewing data. As part of the agreement, the network will get data on audience targets including information ...

FCC Boosts Repack Payback Cost Guides

July 07, 2019

Attention repack shoppers! The FCC has updated the cost guide for its reimbursement for moving expenses in the post-incentive auction move of TV stations to smaller spectrum quarters, boosting that cost estimate by 2.8%. Related: Legislators Praise FCC Handling of Repack That cost guide is a ...

Univision Launching Family Cooking Competition Show

July 07, 2019

Univision is launching a new family cooking competition show on July 21 at 8 p.m. Familias Frente al Fuego, Desafio en la Cochina--Family Food Fight--Kitchen Challenge--pits eight families to a series of cooking challenges. One by one, the families will be eliminated, with the winner walking off ...

Comcast Pushes Shapefile Broadband Mapping Approach

July 07, 2019

Comcast met with FCC officials last week to urge them to adopt NCTA-The Internet & Television Association's proposal to use polygon shapefiles to more accurately map broadband deployment, including where service could be lit up in a matter of days, which it argues should count as served. ...